delatio

Latin

Etymology

From dēferō (past participle dēlātus) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēlātiō f (genitive dēlātiōnis); third declension

  1. accusation, denunciation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēlātiō dēlātiōnēs
genitive dēlātiōnis dēlātiōnum
dative dēlātiōnī dēlātiōnibus
accusative dēlātiōnem dēlātiōnēs
ablative dēlātiōne dēlātiōnibus
vocative dēlātiō dēlātiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: delació
  • English: delation
  • French: délation
  • Italian: delazione
  • Portuguese: delação
  • Romanian: delațiune
  • Spanish: delación

References

  • delatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "delatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • delatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.